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L.'88ARY of CONGRESS 
Two Conifts Re.cfived 

AUG 14 1906 

Copyfi/iltt Errtry 

X/Xc. No. 

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Copyright, 1906 

By 

F. M. BUG?LL£S & COMPANY 




PREFACE 

The information and pictures in this volume are 
supplied as a help to the visitor, who is, in reality, 
to be the author of the book. Blank pages are 
inserted to enable him to make notes and record 
his impressions of the places visited. The illus- 
trations are reproductions from the portfolio of 
an artist and are therefore of more value than the 
commonplace photographs. 

A book of this character should be of lasting 
interest to its owner and 3"ears hence will afford 
him much pleasure and amusement as a souvenir 
of his " Trip to New York." 

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THE BATTERY 

At the time of the early Dutch settlement, 
the lower extremity of Manhattan Island was bor- 
dered by rocks. Just a little north and near what 
is now Bowling Green was the site of a fort, built 
by the Dutch West India Company, and called 
Fort Amsterdam. When the English took pos- 
session it became Fort James and later, during the 
reign of Queen Anne it was named Fort George. 

The English decided to build a battery to pro- 
tect their newly acquired territory and the strip 
of land beyond the fort was used for that purpose. 

It was then separated from the fort by water, 
reaching from Water and Whitehall Streets to 
Greenwich Street. The battery and fort were de- 
molished at about the same time. In later years 
it became a park and is now known as " The 
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CASTLE GARDEN (7%^ ^^^^^^^rmm) 

On a strip of land about two hundred feet from 
the Battery a new fort was built. It was com- 
pleted in 1805 and called Fort Clinton. At that 
time it was approached by means of a drawbridge, 
but the narrow stretch of water has long since 
been filled in. During the war of 1812 Fort Clin- 
ton was strengthened but was never attacked. 

In 1822 it was deeded to the State and then be- 
came a place of amusement under the name of 
Castle Garden. Here it was that General Lafay- 
ette was received as a visitor to the United States 
in 1824. 

In 1855 Castle Garden was used by the United 
States Government as a depot for emigrants and 
continued as such until 1892, when Ellis Island 
was used in its stead. 

In 1896 it was made an aquarium. 



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THE BOWLING GEEEN 

This is one of the most interesting places in 
historic New York. It is a small oval park at the 
lower end of Broadway, and is the oldest park in 
the city. Fort Amsterdam was built here in 1615 
and near here the first church in Manhattan was 
built by the Dutch. 

In 1787 the fort was demolished and in its place 
was put up a red brick structure with Ionic pil- 
lars, used as a government house. When the seat 
of government was moved to Philadelphia, the 
building was used as a residence for the governors 
of the State, becoming later the United States Cus- 
tom House. The corner-stone for the new build- 
ing was laid in 1902. This beautiful structure is 
made of carved granite and cost nearly $5,000,000. 

In the days of the fort, Bowling Green was 
used as a drill ground. In 1659 and for many years 
afterwards it was used for an annual cattle show; 
and in 1732 several citizens leased the ground and 
converted it into a bowling green. A leaden 
equestrian statue of George III was sent over by 
England and placed here in 1770 and an iron rail- 
ing, costing £800, was put around it by the 
citizens. This railing is still to be seen, but the 
statue was torn from its pedestal by patriotic 
soldiers when the Declaration of Independence 
was read, July 9, 1776. It was moulded into 
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BROAD STREET AND TPIE STOCK 
EXCHANGE 

In the days of New Amsterdam the land about 
Broad Street was a marsh, from which ran a brook 
throuo-h the centre of the street to the river. This 
brook was finally lined on both sides with planks 
so as to form an open drain. The marsh extended 
to Exchano^e Place one block below Wall Street. 
Tlie ground between the swamp and Wall Street 
was known as the Sheep Pasture. 

Between 1660 and 1676 the swamp and brook 
were filled up, and the street made level. It was 
paved on both sides and became a market place. 
This property is now in the centre of the financial 
district and is the most v^aluable real estate in New 
York. 

One front of the Stock Exchange opens on 
Broad Street. The Board Room occupies the 
ground floor having a gallery for the accommo- 
dation of visitors — no one except the members 
being allowed on the ground floor. The upper 
floors are all used for offices. The Exchange is 
open for business transactions from 10 A. m. to 
3 p. M. Only the stocks, bonds and securities 
which have been acknowledged by the Exchange 
are put on the market. The most important of 
them are represented by iron standards distributed 
around the floor where the buying and selling of 
the special securities take place. 



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ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL 

The oldest church building 
in the city is St. Paul's, on 
Broadway between Fulton and 
Yesey Streets. It belongs to 
the Trinity corporation and was 
the third Episcopal Church to 
be built in ISTew York. It was 
completed in 1766 ; and was 
built to face the ^Rorth River, 
because that position was con- 
sidered more attractive than a 
frontage on Broadway. Be- 
tween the church and the river 
there were no buildings at that 
time. 

In the rear wall of the church, 
facing Broadway, is a tablet to 
the memory of Gen. Pichard Montgomery, tlie 
soldier of the Revolution ; and in the churchyard 
are the graves of many whose names are famous 
in history. Among them are monuments to 
Thomas Addis Emmet, the Irish patriot, and 
George Frederick Cook. 

The church interior is simple and effective, and 
a fine specimen of the churches of Colonial Days. 

On the left side of the church, and marked by a 
bronze tablet, is the pew which was occupied by 
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PEUSTTING HOUSE SQUARE 

The small triangle on the east side of City Hall 
Park, at the intersection of Nassau Street, Spruce 
Street and Park Pow, is called Printing House 
Square, and for sixty years was the newspaper 
centre. 

A bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin, the fa- 
mous printer, philosopher and statesman was erected 
here in 1872. 

A great crowd surges through here twice a day, 
as this is one of the important approaches to the 
Brooklyn Bridge, from the financial district. 
At the close of the business day the clerks and 
employees of the tall office buildings pack the 
narrow streets from wall to wall, and every one 
seems to have but one object — to get home as 
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE 
Brooklyn Bridge was opened to the public in 
May, 1883, having required thirteen years for its 
completion, at a cost of about $16,000,000. ^ It 
was perhaps the greatest undertaking of its time 
and is now certainly one of the places in New 
York to interest visitors. About 300,000 people 
cross the bridge every day— most of them between 
the hours of 7 and 9 A. M. and 5 and 7 P. M.— 
called the rush hours. Many plans have been 
made to relieve the disgracefully crowded condi- 
tion at the bridge terminals during those hours ; 
but it still remains for some one to devise a suc- 
cessful scheme. The bridge is one and one-fourth 
miles long and eighty-five feet wide, and in the 
centre is one hundred and thirty-five feet above 
the water. An excellent view is to be had from 
the promenade, especially beautiful in the early 
evening, when the lights begin to appear in the 
boats on the river and in the tall ofiice buildings 
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WASHINGTON ARCH 

The Washington Arch was completed in 1S93. 
It replaces the temporary structure built for the 
Centennial celebi^ation in 1889 which commemo- 
rated the inauguration of the first president of the 
United States. It is made of marble and cost 
about $130,000 ; the amount having been raised 
by popular subscription, mostly in small amounts, 
from the citizens of New York. 

The park at Washington Square is nearly nine 
acres in extent. In 1789 the site was purchased 
by the city for a Potter's Field and more than 
100,000 bodies were buried there. In 1823 it was 
abandoned as a burial place and in 1827 was en- 
larged as a parade ground. 



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UNION SQUAEE 

Union Square lies between 14th and 17th 
Streets and Broadway and Fourth Avenue. 

It is laid out in flower beds and lawns, and 
has a fountain in the centre, tlie basin of which 
contains many aquatic plants. Benches are ar- 
ranged along the walks of the park and are oc- 
cupied day and night by all grades of society — 
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STUYVESAISTT SQUAEE 

At Second Avenue and 15th Street is an enclosed 
park. This is called Stuyvesant Square and was 
originally part of the property of the last Dutch 
governor of New Amsterdam. It is surrounded 
by the old-fashioned homes of w^ealthy families 
some of whom are descendants of the Dutch 
settlers. 

St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church is 
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MADISO]^ SQUAEE 

Not many years ngo Madison Square was sur- 
rounded by elegant private residences. Its con- 
venience to many large hotels and its proximity 
to the theatre district havQ made it an important 
business centre. 

At the northeast corner of the square is Madison 
Square Garden, one of the most unique structures 
in the cit}^ It was opened in June, 1890, and is 
the place of large entertainments and exhibitions. 
It can be arranged to seat 12,000 people. 

Near the southwest corner of the square is the 
tall Fuller Building (The Flatiron). Its peculiar 
shape is best appreciated when viewed from the 
triangle in front of the monument at 25th Street 
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HEEALD SQUAKE 

Ten blocks north of Madison Square, at the in- 
tersection of Broadway, Sixth Avenue, and 34:th 
Streets, are two triangles. The one south of o4:th 
Street contains a statue of Horace Greeley and is 
called ^' Greeley Square " ; the triangle north of 
31th Street is Herald Square ; the Herald build- 
ing occupies the block between 35th and 36th 
Streets. Its great presses, printing the morning 
paper, can be seen from the street. 

This is the heart of the theatre district, and is 
brilliantly illuminated in the evening. The res- 
taurants are crowded with theatre parties at mid- 
night: for here, Broadway never sleeps, and the 
owls on top of the Herald building witness man}^ 
strange sights in the early hours. 



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COLUMBUS CIRCLE 

At Eight Avenue and 59th Street the intersecting 
streets open into a great circle — partly forming 
the southwestern entrance to Central Park. In 
the centre of the circle is a column, on the top of 
which is a statue of Columbus. It was presented 
to the city in 1892 by the Italian citizens of New 
York to commemorate Columbus' discovery of 
America. 

The Circle is brilliantly lighted, and on pleasant 
evenings is crowded with theatre goers and prom- 
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MUKRAY HILL 

All the elevated district beginning at about 
32d Street and Fifth Avenue, and covering sev- 
eral blocks, is called Murray Hill. The localit}^ 
received its name from the Murray family, whose 
mansion, in colonial days, was located near 37th 
Street. The British officers, the day they crossed 
over from Long Island, were detained here by the 
wife of Eobert Murray, while Putnam and the 
remnant of the American army escaped to the 
Heights in Harlem. 

On the west side of the avenue, in the block from 
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ST. PATEICK'S CATHEDEAL 

This most superb structure occupies the entire 
block bounded by 50th and 51st Streets and Fifth 
and Madison Avenues. It is the largest and most 
elegant church building in the United States. It is 
open to visitors every day. In 1858 the corner- 
stone was laid by Bishop Hughes and witnessed by 
a great number of people. It was dedicated in 1879 
by Cardinal McCloskey who was attended by thirty- 
six archbishops and bishops and. more than 400 
priests. It is of Gothic architecture in decorative 
and geometric style. The cathedral is built of 
white marble. Its front on Fifth Avenue has a 
central gable 156 feet high ; a tower and spire on 
either side of the gable reach a height of 330 feet. 
In the towers are the heaviest chime bells in the 
country, weighing 30,000 pounds. 

The plan of the interior consists in a nave, two 
transepts and a sanctuary. The nave is 164 ft. 
long and 120 ft. wide, with the side-aisle chapels. 
The total length of the interior is 306 ft., and its 
height is 108 ft. 

The High altar is at the end of the central aisle. 
It was made in Italy and is of pure Carrara mar- 
ble, inlaid with beautiful stones. 

The windows are fine examples of painted glass. 
Most of them were made in Chartres, France, — 
near the great cathedral which contains the finest 
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FIFTH AVENUE 

Fifth Avenue commences at Washington Square 
and extends northward to the Harlem River at 
143d Street. It is known everywhere as a resi- 
dential street of the ultra-rich ; but a large part of 
the avenue is now used for business. As far up- 
town as 4Sth Street it is largely occupied by shops, 
hotels and clubs. 

Looking south, on Fifth Avenue, from the Plaza 
are to be seen several tall hotels. The Savoy and 
the Netherland at 59th Street, and the new twenty- 
story Plaza Hotel, now being constructed ; the two 
twenty-story buildings, on opposite corners of 55th 
Street, are especially noticeable; they are the 
Hotel St. Eegis, on the east, and the Gotham, on 
the west side of the avenue. 



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THE PLAZA 

The southeastern entrance to Central Park at 
59 th Street and Fifth Avenue, is reached through 
a broad, open space called " The Plaza." Some of 
New York's finest hotels overlook the beautiful 
park gardens which are arranged here. Near the 
park entrance is a heroic bronze statue of Gen. 
William Tecumseh Sherman. 

From this point and extending the length of the 
park to the northward, is the finest residential sec- 
tion of Fifth Avenue, and here many of the most 
magnificent private residences in America are to 
be seen. Owing to the number of millionaires 
who are located here, this part of the avenue is 
called "Millionaire's Eow." 



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THE METEOPOLITAlSr AET MUSEUM 

Opposite 83(1 Street, in Central Park, with the 
main entrance on Fifth Avenue, is the Metropol- 
itan Museum of Art. It was founded in 1869, and 
is controlled by a Board of Trustees. 

The new building, fronting on Fifth Avenue, and 
containing the hall of modern sculpture, Avas 
erected in 1897-1901 at a cost of $1,000,000, and 
is only a part of the elaborate series of additions 
for which plans have been made. 

The museum is open from 10 A. M. to 6 P. M., 
and is free every day except Monday and Friday 
— when an admission of twenty-five cents is 
charged ; but it is open free in the evening of the 
pay days. On Sundays and holidays the museum 
is open from 1 to 6 P. M. 



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THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 

The building facing 77th Street and occupying 
the block from Central Park west to Columbus 
Avenue, is the Museum of Natural History, It 
contains one of the largest and finest collections 
of specimens in the world ; including all kinds of 
mammals and quadrupeds, birds and reptiles, — 
many of the living specimens having been extinct 
hundreds of years. 

The museum was founded in 1S69, and the cor- 
ner-stone was laid by President Grant in 1874. 

When completed the museum will occupy the 
whole of Manhattan Square, from 77th to 81st 
Streets. The central building will be surmounted 
by an imposing tower or dome. 

Visitors are admitted free except on Mondays 
and Fridays, when an admission of twenty-five 
cents is charged. On Sundays and holidays the 
museum is open at 1 p. m. 



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SOLDIERS' AXD SAILORS' MONUMENT 

On Riverside Drive, near 90th Street, is an im- 
posing monument which was erected in 1902 to the 
memory of the *' Brave Soldiers and Sailors who 
saved the Union." 

Riverside Park and vicinity is of historical in- 
terest, and is connected with several episodes of 
the Revolutionary period. The house of Gen. 
Oliver De Lancey, of the British arm}^ which was 
burned by Americans in the winter of 1777, was 
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 
Columbia University is situated on Morning 
Side Heights extending from 114th to 120th 
Streets, and from Amsterdam Avenue to Broad- 
way. In nsi: it was chartered by the English 
Crown under the name of King's College and was 
aided by money contributed by the English peo- 
ple. The Trinity Church corporation took a great 
interest in the success of the college from the first 
and granted to it a piece of land between what is 
now College Place and North River, the rents 
from which a part of the revenue of the University 
has since been obtained. At first the buildings 
were erected on College Place, now Park Place, 
and Avere occupied until 1857, when they were 
moved to the west side of Madison Avenue, be- 
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Eiverside Park is on the Avestern side of the 
city on the bluff over the Hudson River. In the 
northern part of this park, which was originally 
Claremont Heights, is the tomb of General U. S. 
Grant. It is a superb architectural structure with 
'a one hundred foot square base and rises to the 
height of one hundred and sixty feet. The lower 
part of the monument is of the Doric order while 
the upper part is Ionic. Four arches support a 
dome under which are galleries. 

The crypt w^iere lie the bodies of both General 
and Mrs. Grant may be seen from the centre of 
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THE SUBWAY VIADUCT 

The Broadway line of the Subway emerges from 
the ground at Broadway and 123d Street, and 
runs on a viaduct to 133d Street, where it enters a 
long rock tunnel under Washington Heights. 
The viaduct is 2,174 feet long. 

The construction of the subway was begun in 
1900, and trains were started October 27, 1904, 
running from the City Hall to 145th Street and 
Broadway. This line is now open from the Bat- 
tery to the ship canal at the northern end of Man- 
hattan Island ; the Lenox Avenue and Bronx Park 
divisions are also in use. The total cost of con- 
structing the subway was about $40,000,000. The 
deepest parts of the tunnel are under Central Park 
Mott Avenue, and Washington Heights. At 
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WASHINGTON BEIDGE 

The Harlem Eiver is crossed at 181st Street and 
Amsterdam Avenue by Washington Bridge. The 
bridge is 2,400 feet long and 80 feet wide. It has 
t^yo central arches each 510 feet span, 135 feet 
above the water. They are made of steel, iron 
and stone. The sections of steel are combined and 
keyed into the arches just as stone arches are 
built. It has seven side arches, — four on the west 
side and three on the east. These arches are made 
of granite and faced with pressed stone. 

A fine view of this bridge and the river, may 
be obtained from High Bridge, at 175th Street 
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CHINATOWN 

The most " foreign " looking part of Kew York 
City is the section bounded by Mott Street, Bayard 
Street and Chatham Square, including Doyer and 
Pell Streets; this is the Chinese quarter. Here 
are restaurants, shops, a Joss House (temple), and 

a theatre. 

Sunday is the best day to see the Chinaman "at 
home"; he comes from all quarters of the city, 
within a radius of twenty-five miles, to spend the 
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PROSPECT PARK 

The main entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 
is from the Plaza, in Flatbush Avenue. Facing 
the entrance is a magnificent arch erected to the 
memory of the soldiers and sailors of the Civil AVar. 

In the park a monument was placed in 1895, m 
memory of the 400 Maryland troops who were 
killed in the battle of Long Island, which was 
fought there in 1776. From the elevated part of 
the^'park a fine view is obtained, which, on a clear 
day, extends from the Atlantic horizon to the 
Palisades in New Jersey. 

The park is almost as large as Central Park. 
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CONEY ISLAlSTD 

Probably the best known amusement beach in 
America is Coney Island. It is on a sand bar, sep- 
arated from the shore by Gravesend and Sheeps- 
head Bays, and Coney Island Creek. It is reached 
by several elevated and street car lines, also by ex- 
cursion steamers ; all are crowded night and day 
during the season. There are three sections of the 
island ; Manhattan Beach and Brighton Beach, 
which have some very fine hotels ; and the great 
amusement beach, with which the name is more 
exactly identified. This section is a midway of 
fairy-like structures, which are exceedingly beauti- 
ful when illuminated in the evening. 



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